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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- E major
- 3/4
- 65 BPM
- vi–ii–vi–ii loop
- 2011
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
The accompaniment with every note named, bar by bar: the bar sheet shows each note as a bar on the staff with its letter inside, so you can accompany O Come, O Come, Emmanuel without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand pumping chords.
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel accompaniment in letter notes
The C#m – F#m – C#m – F#m loop with walking roots in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
How to read the bar sheet
The player above shows the treble staff (right hand) over the bass staff (left hand). Every note is a bar as long as it sounds, at its place on the staff, with its name inside, and the music scrolls past a line that marks now. The chord names run along the top.
Start with the left hand alone at a slow speed, then the right, then both. When the letters feel easy, try the sheet music.
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Questions about O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
What are the letter notes for the O Come, O Come, Emmanuel piano accompaniment?
Bar by bar, both hands: the bar sheet on this page names every note of the accompaniment (C4 is middle C) and plays along. The loop is C#m – F#m – C#m – F#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in O Come, O Come, Emmanuel?
The loop is C#m – F#m – C#m – F#m (vi – ii – vi – ii) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is O Come, O Come, Emmanuel in?
E major, at about 65 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in O Come, O Come, Emmanuel?
Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is O Come, O Come, Emmanuel easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.